The second compilation continued in the same vein as the first. Sally James (born Sally Cann, 10 May 1950) is a former presenter on the ITV Saturday morning children's show Tiswas from 1977 until it ended in 1982. It was originally produced as a Midlands regional programme by ATV and was first broadcast live on 5 January 1974. And even the future Dr Who – Sylvester McCoy! [3] Celebrities and 'old Tiswas mates' alike joined in the fun. Semi-regulars were dwarf actor David Rappaport who played characters such as 'Green Nigel' (in a pastiche of BBC programme Blue Peter) and the Fonz-like 'Shades', Emil Wolk and puppeteer Trevor James with a giant parrot, presumably to fill the void left by Bob Carolgees. Many ITV regions took the programme for the first time, establishing the show strongly in the nation's consciousness. John Gorman, former member of 1960s cult band The Scaffold, was also a presenter. TISWAS is listed in the World's largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms. However, Wood did present one episode of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow wearing a Tiswas T-shirt. Trevor James East, (born 22 October 1950)[1] was originally presenter of Tiswas; stooge to Chris Tarrant and Derby County obsessed. The presenting team was doubled to four presenters, and these were usually culled from ATV's presentation department. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. At the end of 1981, a restructure of ITV's broadcast franchises saw ATV win back the franchise for the Midlands on condition of changes in management, regional output and branding. Sally James (born Sally Cann, 10 May 1950) is a former presenter on the ITV Saturday morning children's show Tiswas from 1977 until it ended in 1982. James' role on the show included conducting the "Almost Legendary Pop Interviews," interviewing many famous musical acts including Elvis Costello, Sting, The Clash, Motörhead, and The Pretenders. Lenny Henry appeared on the BBC's It Started With Swap Shop programme in 2006 in which he was talking to Noel Edmonds about Tiswas being their rival during the whole era of Swap Shop. ITV plc has confirmed to TiswasOnline that many more programme elements (other than those officially known to exist) have been kept, but as yet these have not been fully catalogued. For one night only, ITV1 brings you TiSWAS REUNITED, a one-off special reuniting the stars of the iconic groundbreaking children’s show TiSWAS. Tiswas would never be allowed on air today says presenter Sally James Forty years ago, Saturday mornings descended into chaos, with buckets of … Content-wise, it is very similar to the previous two compilations, with many sketches being performed by the Tiswas team. Sally James was drafted in as the series' first regular female presenter. Also appearing a number of times in this series was Norman Collier, the Yorkshire comedian best known for his broken microphone routine and chicken impressions. However, some did survive; many viewers made their own recordings and in many cases these are the only existing copies of the programmes. Carolgees appeared again two weeks later, and Chris was so pleased with his contribution that he decided to make a regular fixture out of Bob. However, this compilation has no contribution from The Four Bucketeers. Newly drafted producer/director Glyn Edwards managed to retain this vital, messy element by drawing on his experience as a Punch & Judy puppeteer to create a 'villain' character called 'The Phantom Flan Flinger', who would be the black-clad masked nemesis of the presenting team, and the main instigator of pie-throwing chaos. [6] This was some thirty years after her previous pantomime appearance. Template:Refimprove The popularity of the presenters' links soon eclipsed the staple diet of filler. (standing for "Over the Top") which was effectively an "adult" version of Tiswas - in other words, it attempted to be just as anarchic, but with swearing and occasional topless women. The programme expanded its footprint further outside its home region. Pop Culture Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. He was with Tiswas from 1979 to 1981. The prolific TiswasOnline fansite[2] features an in-depth episode guide for the whole series, detailing where an episode is known to exist, whether as a private home recording or in the official archive. Chris Tarrant and Bob Carolgees were the only ex-Tiswas personnel regularly seen on screen, and John Gorman helped out on writing duty. The first compilation, lasting about an hour, and purely full of comedy sketches from the series. Lenny Henry made sporadic appearances throughout this series, but was not established as a regular. As a result, very few programmes officially exist in their entirety. Running from late 1976 to early 1977, Chris Tarrant, Peter Tomlinson and Trevor East were the main presenters. The eighth series was broadcast on TVS upon the end of No. Encouraged by his Tiswas-obsessed mother, Matthew auditioned for the series wearing a rabbit costume and sang the song 'Bright Eyes' made famous by the animated film Watership Down, although his own singing ability was rather poor. A music video for The Four Bucketeers' Water Is Wonderful ends the compilation. Sep 5, 2020 - Sally James (born Sally Cann, 10 May 1950) is a former presenter on the ITV Saturday morning children's show Tiswas from 1977 until it ended in … Child performer Paul Hardin increased his visits to the studios, and could well be considered as a series 5 team member, likewise Sylveste McCoy (who added an "r" to his first name later in his career) who performed surreal comic interludes. The show was a stitch-together of competitions, film clips and pop promos, just about held together by sketches and links from the cast. . By 1992, as head of ITV football broadcasting, East fought against Sky Sports initial foray into football coverage. Additionally the More of the Best Bits compilation is entirely sourced from a VHS copy as the original VHS release's master tape could not be located in time for transfer. The then federal structure of ITV, with its independent regional companies, meant that not all of these operations broadcast the show when it became available for networked transmission. This series ran from September 1978 to May 1979. Four annual hardbook books were produced in Tiswas's later years. Members of the production team and performers on the show would also record their appearances, leading to many episodes existing in private hands. He went to Bemrose Grammar School in Derby, a boys' grammar school. A DVD release of the programme, featuring an extended edition plus a short featurette on the history of Tiswas was released shortly after transmission. Nottingham-based duo Sleaford Mods included the song "Tiswas" on their 2014 album, Divide and Exit.[1]. He is the father of the television presenter Jamie East. Den Bong from The Darts appeared in numerous programmes. The programme was broadcast from Studio 3 at ATV Centre in Birmingham; this was the weekday home for the company's regional news magazine, ATV Today. Due to an industrial dispute by technicians at Associated TeleVision, this initial run was only nine programmes in all, but was so well received that a second series was commissioned. Film roles included a small part in To Sir, with Love (1967), The Railway Children (1970), and the glam rock film Never Too Young To Rock (1975). STV and Granada dropped the series in 1978 instead showing other content but begain broadcasting the series again in 1979. Nowadays, you know where you are with a Saturday morning show from week one. From the ranks at ATV, other regular presenters were established, notably sports reporter Trevor East (later director of sport at Setanta Sports) and announcer Peter Tomlinson (later to become managing director of Saga Radio West Midlands and High Sheriff of the West Midlands). [2] He was subsequently ranked 27 in The Guardian's "Media 100" most influential people in the industry.[1]. Presenters Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood took the opportunity to praise Matthew, as they are fans of Tiswas, and also to dispel recent tabloid rumours of Dick and Dom resurrecting Tiswas on ITV. The theme tune was recorded by Roy Wood and was released as a single. Template:British Saturday morning television. ), The ITV broadcast referred only briefly to John Asher and Trevor East, the programme's original presenters, and omitted to make any reference to the eighth and final series (possibly because it was the one series in which Reunited's Executive Producer Chris Tarrant was not involved.). They believed this was setting a bad example to the young viewers. The "phantom" was later revealed to be Ben Mills, a taxi driver from Cheswick Green, Solihull. During its ATV days the chairman of the station, Lew Grade, was said to have taken a personal dislike to the show but was persuaded to let it continue, even arguing in its defence to criticism from the IBA. Chris Tarrant was retained as the anchor presenter, and behind the scenes was annoyed with the changes, particularly the inclusion of a woman as presenter. Veteran Tiswas presenter Sally James stayed on and became the series' Music Editor, but decided to leave towards the series' end. Issued in October 2005 by Network DVD, The Best of Tiswas was a straight DVD issuing of the three VHS compilations - Best of the Best Bits, More of the Best Bits and Comedy Capers. “Tiswas” stood for ‘Today Is Saturday, Wear A Smile’ and this is what Saturdays were made for . London-based viewers tended to complain to the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) about some of the edgier moments the show had. Like its cleaner BBC counterpart, Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, it had a running order but no script (with the exception of some specific sketches). This person was Matthew Lewis, formerly known as Matthew Butler, who performed his unique rendition of the song back in 1980 on Tiswas when he was aged five. ITV had been off the air across the nation since August due to a massive strike by technicians. The classic "zig-zag" logo designed by Stuart Kettle appeared in 1977 - this initially featured a mechanical bird flying above it, but later, Chris Wroe (who drew all of the classic caricatures of the Tiswas team) replaced this with a drawing of the Phantom Flan Flinger. It was also the first time Tyne tees and UTV started to screen the series. 73 saw fans of Tiswas picket outside their Southampton studios. She had been the presenter of a regional Saturday morning show in London called Saturday Scene, produced by LWT. A proper theme tune was created and the studio set was based around ATV cartoonist Chris Wroe's caricatures of the presenting team. Billed in the TV Times as Today Is Saturday, the programme featured local news presenter Chris Tarrant and unknown John Asher. Series 2 of Tiswas began from late 1974, and spanned almost every Saturday in 1975, finishing in early 1976. They have three sons. Being on DVD format, the incentive over the VHS version is one of picture quality. Some 25 years after Tiswas ended, James presented a reunion show Tiswas Reunited alongside Tarrant on ITV on 16 June 2007. A magazine counterpart was produced with interviews with cast, quizzes and letters. A definitive line-up of Tiswas presenters regrouped for a resurrection of Tiswas on the ITV Telethon of 1988. Peter Tomlinson was axed as a regular, which came as a surprise to him. This all was born out of one feature of the sixth series - The Bucket Of Water Song, which was such a hit with the viewers that it evolved from an intended one-off to an almost regular part of Tiswas. Accordingly, they suffered the same fate as a number of 1970s children's series in that they were thought to have no further commercial use (the idea of home video entertainment was still in its infancy), and therefore many master tapes were wiped for re-use. Likewise, child performer Paul Hardin made sporadic appearances. The producers of the programme looked for people who were involved in the original series, whether they were in the audience, appeared as a guest, won a competition ("pulled up by the ears") or in any other capacity. Although intended as some sort of sequel to O.T.T., this differed quite a lot as it was all recorded rather than the live chaos of its predecessor.
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